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After The Rain

Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for dVerse Poetics: A Tale of
Two Images. Mich has provided us with
some lovely images and asks us to write
a poem incorporating juxtaposition.

A leaf cradles the rain in trembling spheres,
each drop a tear-shaped orb so small ….   
the velvet cool of a surface that adheres,
begs you to be slow, lean in, recall.

© Pixabay

But somewhere a log gives up its years
in the only direction heat knows: higher ….
hungry amber, the light passes beyond fears,
with a warmth that tugs at your shoulder.

© Pixabay

One surface holds the shape of the rain.
One surface chars to ash and bone.
A hand reaching out to touch a vein ….
the wetness of the leaf, the fire’s stone.

NAR©2026

This is “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor

Poetics: A Tale of Two Images

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18 thoughts on “After The Rain”

  8. Nance, this is captivating it’s like a meditation on impermanence – how nature can be incredibly fragile and comforting in one moment, and fiercely destructive the next great writing 🙌

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